Worm
תּוֹלָעStrong’s H8438tola (to-la)
Appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tola is the Hebrew word usually translated “scarlet stuff of”, “worm” and “worms”. It appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament.
“Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.”
Meaning
- Worm, scarlet stuff, crimsonworm-the female 'coccus ilicis' · scarlet stuff, crimson, scarlet
- Worm, maggotworm, grub · the worm "coccus ilicis"
How it's translated
- and scarlet stuff of 20
- scarlet stuff of 5
- a worm 5
- the worm 4
- worms 1
- in scarlet stuff of 1
- and in scarlet stuff of 1
- scarlet stuff 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 27
- Leviticus 5
- Isaiah 4
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Job 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
- Exodus 26:1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 26:31And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 26:36And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 27:16And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 28:5And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
Hebrew dictionary
תּוֹלָע tola · worm
1) worm, scarlet stuff, crimson 1a) worm-the female 'coccus ilicis' 1b) scarlet stuff, crimson, scarlet 1b1) the dye made from the dried body of the female of the worm "coccus ilicis" Also means: to.le.ah (תּוֹלֵעָה "worm" H8438B)
תּוֹלֵעָה toleah · worm
1) worm, maggot 1a) worm, grub 1b) the worm "coccus ilicis"
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “worm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORM, noun
[G. This word is probably named form a winding motion, and the root of swarm.]
- In common usage, any small creeping animal, or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals of different classes and orders, viz.
- In zoology, the term Vermes or worms has been applied to different divisions of invertebral animals, by different naturalists.
- Remorse; that which incessantly gnaws the conscience; that which torments.“Where their worm dieth not” Mark 9:44
- A being debased and despised.“I am a worm and no man” Psalms 22:6
All definitions and other forms of “worm”
- A spiral instrument or iron screw, used for drawing wads and cartridges from cannon or small arms.
- Something spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm; as the threads of a screw.
- In chemistry and distilleries, a spiral leaden pipe placed in a tub of water, through which the vapor passes in distillation, and in which it is cooled and condensed.
- A small worm-like ligament situated beneath a dogs tongue.
WORM, verb intransitive
To work slowly, gradually and secretly.
WORM, verb transitive
- To expel or undermine by slow and secret means.
- To cut something, called a worm from under the tongue of a dog.
- To draw the wad or cartridge from a gun; to clean by the worm
- To wind a rope spirally round a cable, between the strands; or to wind a smaller rope with spun yarn.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.